796-km Balochistan highway soon
The committee was briefed on Karakoram Highway Thakot-Raikot section realignment project but no major progress was made. PHOTO: FILE
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has said that work on a section of 796 km long main highway from Karachi to Khuzdar and Quetta to Chaman will start this month.
Chief Minister Said in his tweet on Wednesday that the Construction of highways will reduce traffic accidents.
He said that two sections of the highway are at the feasibility stage and completion of the highway construction project will fulfill the long standing demand of the people. The tender for the second section has been issued. Construction of highways will reduce traffic accidents.
An official claimed that the construction work on the dualization of 796 km long Chaman-Quetta-Karachi-Highway would be initiated from next month aimed at providing best road infrastructure in the province.
He said due to the efforts of the Balochistan government, in the current financial year, the federal government has allocated Rs81.582 billion in the first phase for the construction of Kuchlak to the Khuzdar section of the Quetta-Karachi highway.
The tender has been also issued for the second section of the two-lane highway while the remaining two sections of the main highway are in the feasibility phase, he added.
The project includes the construction of an additional carriageway and rehabilitation of the existing road to make it a four-lane divided carriageway. The Quetta-Karachi national highway would be constructed on a public-private partnership basis.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2021.